TURKISH PLASTICS PROCESSING MACHINERIES INDUSTRY REPORT 2016

TURKISH PLASTICS PROCESSING MACHINERIES INDUSTRY REPORT 2016

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Turkey is a country which imports about 60 - 80 % of plastic processing machines, parts and accessories, is a net importer in these products and can not provide sufficient added value with low export prices compared to developed western societies. As the plastics industry is growing rapidly, the production of plastic processing machines does not develop parallel to this pace and the sector can not develop against imports made from cheap machine-maker countries, especially from China. The lack of a state strategy for the plastics processing machinery industry and the inadequate protection of the domestic producers cause the production of plastic processing machines in Turkey not to improve sufficiently.

Annual machinery investment of Turkish Plastics Industry realized as USD 821 million for the last 5 years between 2011 - 2015 period. In this period, investments of presses and other machines constituted 36 % of total investments while injection machines 23 %, extrusion machines 19 %, thermoforms 5 %, blow molding 3 %, parts and components 15 %.

In January - November period of 2016, 403 million dollars of production, 518 million dollars of imports, 132 million dollars of exports and 789 million dollars of domestic market sales (machinery and equipment investment of plastics industry) have been realized in plastic processing machines and their parts and components industry.

During this period, the sector gave 386 million dollars of foreign trade deficit, 66 % of the domestic sales (machinery and equipment investment of the industry) was covered by imports and the import coverage ratio of exports realized as 25 %.

By the end of 2016, it is estimated that the production will be 440 million dolars, imports 565 million dolars, exports 144 million dolars and domestic sales (machinery and equipment investment of plastics industry) 861 million dolars.

In order for the Turkish plastics processing machinery sector to produce and export more value-added machines, the main strategies are as described in the Machinery Sector Export Strategy Document. General Purpose: "Improvement of Machinery Industry and Ensure the Manufacture of High-Tech Products".

1. WORLD PLASTIC PROCESSING MACHINERY INDUSTRY It is estimated that in 2015, total production will reach to 74 billion dollars and total foreign trade volume to 54 billion dollars in global plastics processing industry .

The world's plastic processing machines constitute the three largest importers China, USA and Germany. The share of these 3 countries in total world imports is 30 %. It is seen that Turkey has a share of 2 % of the total imports of plastic processing machines in the world.

Germany, China and Italy are the top 3 exporting countries in the world plastic processing machines and these countries account for 44 % of total exports. Turkey has a share of less than 1 % of total world exports.

30 % of total foreign trade volume of plastic processing machines constitute presses and other machines, 26 % parts and components, 24 % injection, 11 % extruder, 6 % blow molding and 3 % thermoforming machines .

The world plastics industry is estimated to invest USD 73 billion in machinery and equipment in 2015. 39 % of the machinery and equipment investments realised in the world plastics sector in 2015 were made by parts and accessories, 27 % by presses and other machines, 18 % by injection machines, 8 % by extrusion, 5 % by blow molding and 3 % thermoforming machines.

2. TURKISH PLASTICS PROCESSING MACHINERIES INDUSTRY 2.1.

PRODUCTION

In the January - November period of 2016, the production of plastic processing machines parts and accessories realized as 403 million dollars. It is estimated that the production will be 440 million dollars at the end of 2016 increasing by 12 % compared to 2015.

Figure 1: Plastics Processing Machines Production (USD Million)

Considering the January - November period of 2016, production at the end of the year is expected to increase substantially in all items except for the blow molding machines and presses.

Machineries Injection Machinery Extrusion Machinery Blow Molding Machinery Thermoform Machinery Presses and Other Machinery Parts and Components Total

2015

2016/11

2016/E

16 61 1 30 162 123 394

21 64 1 43 138 137 403

23 70 1 46 150 150 440

% Increase (E) (2016/2015) 42 15 -33 53 -7 22 12

Table 1: Plastics Processing Machines Production (USD Million)

In this period, injection machines accounted for 5 % total production, extrusion machines 16 %, thermoforming machines 11 %, presses and other machines 34 %, parts and components 34 % of total plastics processing machines production. The share of blow molding machines in total production is less than 1 %.

Machineries Injection Machinery Extrusion Machinery Blow Molding Machinery Thermoform Machinery Presses and Other Machinery Parts and Components Total

2015 4 15 8 41 31 100

Table 2: Shares of Machineries in Total Production (%)

Figure 2: Shares of Machineries in Total Production (2016/11)

2016/11 5 16 11 34 34 100

2.2.

IMPORTS

In January - November period of 2016, imports of plastics processing machinery and their parts and components realized as 518 million dollars. It is expected that imports will increase to 565 million dollars at the end of the year increasing by 2 % compared to 2015.

Figure 3: Plastics Processing Machineries Imports (USD Million) Source: TurkStat

At the end of 2016, it is estimated that imports of all machineries, except extruders, blow molding and thermoforming machines will decline compared to 2015.

Machineries Injection Machinery Extrusion Machinery Blow Molding Machinery Thermoform Machinery Presses and Other Machinery Parts and Components Total

2015

2016/11

2016/E

192 111 17 9 204 42 577

154 104 20 14 190 36 518

168 113 22 15 207 40 565

% Increase (E) (2016/2015) -12 2 26 63 1 -7 -2

Table 3: Plastics Processing Machineries and Parts and Components Imports (USD Million) Source: TurkStat

In the January - November period of 2016, injection machines received 30 %, extrusion machines 20 %, blow molding machines 4 %, thermoforming machines 3 %, presses and other machines 36 %, parts and components 7 % of total imports.

Machineries Injection Machinery Extrusion Machinery Blow Molding Machinery Thermoform Machinery Presses and Other Machinery Parts and Components Total

2015 33 19 3 2 35 8 100

2016/11 30 20 4 3 36 7 100

Table 4: Share of Machineries in Total Imports (USD Million - %) Source: TurkStat

Figure 4: Share of Machineries in Total Imports (2016/11) Source: TurkStat

2.3.

EXPORTS

In the January - November period of 2016, exports of plastics processing machinery and their parts and accessories realized as 132 million dollars and it is estimated that exports will be 144 million dollars at the end of 2016 increasing by 10 % compared to 2015.

Figure 5: Plastics Processing Machineries Exports (USD Million) Source: TurkStat

During this period, exports increased for all machineries except blow molding, presses and other machines.

Machineries

2015

2016/11

2016/E

Injection Machinery Extrusion Machinery Blow Molding Machinery Thermoform Machinery Presses and Other Machinery Parts and Components Total

8 30 1 12 65 15 131

10.3 32.1 0.3 17.0 51.2 21.0 132.0

11.3 35.0 0.4 18.6 55.9 22.9 144.0

% Increase (E) (2016/2015) 42 15 -33 53 -8 18 10

Table 5: Plastics Processing Machineries and Part and Components (USD Million) Source: TurkStat

In the period of January - November of 2016, injection machines received 8 %, extrusion machines 24 %, thermoforming machines 13 %, presses and other machines 39 % and their parts and components 16 % share in total exports. The share of blowing machines realised less than 1 %.

Machineries Injection Machinery Extrusion Machinery Blow Molding Machinery Thermoform Machinery Presses and Other Machinery Parts and Components Total

2015 6 23 9 49 12 100

2016/11 8 24 13 39 16 100

Table 6: Share of Machineries in Total Exports (USD Million - %) Source: TurkStat

Figure 6: Share of Machineries in Total Exports (2016/11) Source: TurkStat

2.4.

10 MAIN EXPORT MARKETS FOR PLASTICS PROCESSING MACHINES

In the January - November period of 2016, plastic processing machines and their parts and componets imported from 10 countries accounted for 92 % on value basis. During this period, the first 3 countries from which imports realised most are China, Germany and Italy.

The share of these 3 countries in total imports is 64 % on value basis.

On the other hand, in January - November of 2016, exports of plastic processing machines and parts and accessories made from 10 countries accounted for 42 % of total exports on value basis. During the January - November period of 2016, the first 3 export markets for plastics processing machines are Iran, Russia and Germany. The share of these 3 countries in our total exports is 20 % on value basis.

Countries China Germany Italy Japan Austria Taiwan S. Korea Sweetzerland U.K. USA

Imports USD Million 137 100 97 42 28 27 12 11 11 9

% - Share 26 19 19 8 5 5 2 2 2 2

Countries Iran Russian Fed. Germany Algeria Bulgaria S. Arabia Ukrain Netherlands Romain USA

Exports USD Million % - Share 11 9 8 6 6 5 6 5 4 3 4 3 4 3 4 3 4 3 3 3

Total 10 Countries Others Total

474 44 518

92 8 100

Total 10 Countries Others Total

56 76 132

42 58 100

Table 7: The First 10 Countries for Plastics Processing Machines Imports and Exports (2016/11) Source: TurkStat

2.5.

AVERAGE UNIT FOREIGN TRADE PRICES

The average unit import price of plastics processing machines and their parts and accessories realized as 12.1 $/kg in January - November period of 2016 increasing by 6 % compared to 2015. In this period, the average unit import prices for the extruder and thermoform machines increased while the others decreased.

Figure 7: Unit Import and Export Prices for Machineries ($/kg) Source: TurkStat Machineries Injection Machinery Extrusion Machinery Blow Molding Machinery Thermoform Machinery Presses and Other Machinery Parts and Components Total

2015 6.8 14.1 24.2 11.4 17.5 41.0 11.4

2016/11 6.5 20.0 21.1 15.6 17.4 39.2 12.1

% Increase -5 42 -13 37 0 -4 6

Table 8: Unit Import Prices for Machineries ($/kg) Source: TurkStat

The average unit export price of plastics processing machines and their parts and accessories realized as 10.9 $/kg in January - November period of 2016 and remained at the same level

compared to 2015. During this period, the average export unit prices increased for others except blow molding, thermoforming, presses and other machines.

Machineries Injection Machinery Extrusion Machinery Blow Molding Machinery Thermoform Machinery Presses and Other Machinery Parts and Components Total

2015 4.4 12.8 14.0 20.4 12.4 7.6 10.9

2016/11 4.7 14.2 6.5 19.1 9.4 18.6 10.9

% Increase 8 11 -54 -7 -24 147 -

Table 9: Unit Export Prices For Machineries ($/kg) Source: TurkStat

In this period, the average export unit prices realized about 10 % below the average import prices.

2.6.

FOREIGN TRADE DEFICIT

Turkey, always gives deficit in plastics processing machines foreign trade. In 2011, foreign trade deficit reached the highest level with 589 million dollars. Foreign trade deficit realized as 386 million dollars in January – November period of 2016 and it is estimated to be 421 million dollars at the end of year. Foreign trade defixit is expected to decline by 6 % in 2016 compared to 2015.

Figure 8: Plastics Processing Macines Foreign Trade Deficit (USD Million ) Source: TurkStat

At the end of 2016, foreign trade deficit for blow molding, thermoforming, presses and other machinery will increase while others will decrease compare to 2015.

Machineries

2015

2016/11

2016/E

Injection Machinery Extrusion Machinery Blow Molding Machinery Thermoform Machinery Presses and Other Machinery Parts and Components Total

-184 -81 -17 3 -140 -27 -446

-143 -72 -20 3 -135 -19 -386

-156 -78 -22 3 -147 -21 -421

% Increase (E) (2016/2015) -15 -3 28 17 5 -23 -6

Table 10: Plastics Processing Machines Foreign Trade Deficit (USD Million) Source: TurkStat

2.7.

DOMESTIC MARKET SALES (MACHINES AND EQUIPMENTS INVESTMENT OF PLASTICS INDUSTRY) Machinery and equipment investments in the plastics industry have fallen after reaching the highest level in 2011 with $ 885 million. Domestic market sales were $ 789 million in January - November 2016 and investments are expected to rise to $ 861 million by the end of 2016 decreasing by 3 % compared to 2015.

Figure 9: Plastics Processing Machines Domestic Sales (USD Million)

At the end of 2016, investments are expected to increase for all machines except for injection machines, presses and other machine compared to 2015.

Machineries Injection Machinery Extrusion Machinery Blow Molding Machinery Thermoform Machinery Presses and Other Machinery Parts and Components Total

2015

2016/11

2016/E

200 142 18 28 302 150 839

164 136 21 40 272 156 789

179 148 23 43 297 170 861

% Increase (E) (2016/2015) -10 4 23 56 -2 14 3

Table 11: Plastics Processing Machines Domestic Sales (USD Million) Source: TurkStat

In the January - November period of the year 2016, 34 % of the total machinery investments of the plastics industry accounted by presses and other machines. Injection machines shared 21 % while extrusion machines 17 %, blow molding machines 3 %, thermoforming machines 5 %, parts and components 19 %.

Machineries Injection Machinery Extrusion Machinery Blow Molding Machinery Thermoform Machinery Presses and Other Machinery Parts and Components Total

2015 24 17 2 3 36 18 100

2016/11 21 17 3 5 35 19 100

Table 12: Share of Machines in Total Domestic Sales (% - USD Million) Source: TurkStat

Figure 10: Share of Macineries in Total Machinery Investments of Plastics Industry

Annual machinery investment of Turkish Plastics Industry realized as USD 821 million for the last 5 years between 2011-2015 period. In this period, investments of presses and other machines constituted 36 % of total investments while injection machines 23 %, extrusion machines 19 %, thermoforms 5 %, blow molding 3 %, parts and components 15 %

Figure 11: Breakdown of Machinery Investments of Plastics Industry for the Last 5 Years Source: TurkStat

3. SUPPLY AND DEMAND EQUILIBRIUMS 3.1. TOTAL PLASTICS PROCESSING INDUSTRY In January - November period of 2016, 403 million dollars of production, 518 million dollars of imports, 132 million dollars of exports and 789 million dollars of domestic market sales (machinery and equipment investment of plastic industry) have been realized in plastic processing machines and their parts and components industry.

Production Imports Exports Domestic Sales Foreign Trade Deficit Importst / Domestic Sales (%) Exports /Imports (%)

2015

2016/11

2016/E

394 577 131 839 -446 69 23

403 518 132 789 -386 66 25

440 565 144 861 -421 66 25

% Increase (E) (2016/2015) 12 -2 10 3 -6

Table 13: Plastics Processing Machines Supply & Demand Balance (USD Million) Source: TurkStat

During this period, the sector gave 386 million dollars of foreign trade deficit, 66 % of the domestic sales (machinery and equipment investment of the industry) was covered by imports and the import coverage ratio of exports realized as 25 %.

By the end of 2016, it is estimated that the production will be 440 million dolars, imports 565 million dolars, exports 144 million dolars and domestic sales (machinery and equipment investment of plastics industry) 861 million dolars.

Figure 12: Plastics Processing Machines Supply & Demand Balance (USD Million)

3.2.

SUPPLY & DEMAND BALANCE IN INJECTION MACHINES

In January - November period of 2016, 21 million dollars of production, 154 million dollars of imports, 10 million dollars of exports and 164 million dollars of domestic sales have been realised in the injection machines industry. In this period, foreign trade deficit for injection machines realised as 143 million dollars.

In this period, it is seen that 94 % of the domestic sales of the plastic injection machines (injection machines investment of the industry) are covered by imports and the ratio of export covarage of imports is 7 %.

Production Imports Exports Domestic Sales Foreign Trade Deficit Importst / Domestic Sales (%) Exports /Imports (%)

2015

2016/11

2016/E

16 192 8 200 -184 96 4

21 154 10 164 -143 94 7

23 168 11 179 -156 94 7

Table 14: Supply & Demand Balance in Injection Machines (USD Million) Source: TurkStat

% Increase (E) (2016/2015) 42 -12 42 -10 -15

At the end of 2016 in plastic injection machines industry; production is expected to be 23 million dolars, imports 168 million dolars, exports 11 million dolars, domestic sales (injection machinery investment of plastics industry) 179 million dolars and foreign trade deficit 156 million dollars.

In the January - November period of 2016, plastic injection machines imported from 10 countries accounted for 98 % of total imports on value basis. China received 48 % of total imports. Following China, Germany, Japan, Austria and Taiwan are the main import markets for plastics injection machines.

In the same period, 58 % of plastic injection machines were exported to 10 countries while Ethiopia, Jordan and Iran constituted the first 3 major export markets for plastic injection machines

Countries China Germany Japan Austria Taiwan S. Korea Italy Sweetzerland Canada Slovenia Total 10 Countries Others Total

Imports USD Million 74 24 14 12 7 7 6 3 3 1 151 2 154

% - Share 48 15 9 7 5 5 4 2 2 1 98 2 100

Countries Etiophia Jordan Iran Algeria Bulgaria Kazakhistan Romain Russian Fed. Iraq Sudan Total 10 Countries Others Total

Exports USD Million 1.1 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 6.0 4.3 10.3

% - Share 11 8 7 7 6 4 4 4 4 3 58 42 100

Table 15: Plastics Injection Machines Imports & Exports by Countries (2016/11) Source: TurkStat

3.3.

SUPPLY & DEMAND BALANCE IN EXTRUSION MACHINES

In January - November period of 2016, in the plastics extrusion machines industry; production realised as 64 million dollars, imports 104 million dollars, exports 32 million dollars and domestic market sales 136 million dollars. On the other hand, the foreign trade deficit is 72 million dollars in the same period.

In this period, 76 % of domestic sales (extrusion machines investment of plastics industry) of plastic extrusion machines were covered by imports and the import coverage ratio of exports realised as 31 %.

Production Imports Exports Domestic Sales Foreign Trade Deficit Importst / Domestic Sales (%) Exports /Imports (%)

2015

2016/11

2016/E

61 111 30 142 -81 79 27

64 104 32 136 -72 76 31

70 113 35 148 -78 76 31

% Increase (E) (2016/2015) 15 2 15 4 -3

Table 16: Supply & Demand Balance in Extrusion Machines (USD Million) Source: TurkStat

At the end of 2016, in the plastics extruder machines industry; production is expected to reach to 70 million dolars, imports 113 million dolars, exports 35 million dolars, domestic sales (extrusion machine investment of plastics industry) 148 million dolars and 78 million dollars foreign trade deficit.

In the January - November period of 2016, plastic extrusion machines imports from 10 countries accounted for 96 % of the total imports on value basis. In this period, Germany, China and Italy received 65 % of total imports.

In the same period, 62 % of plastic extrusion machines were exported to 10 countries while Russia, Algeria and Iran made our first 3 major export markets for plastic extrusion emachines.

Countries Germany China Italy Japan Austria Taiwan India Israel Tayland Spain Total 10 Countries Others Total

Imports USD Million 28 20 20 12 10 5 2 2 1 1 100 4 104

Exports % - Share 27 19 19 11 9 5 2 1 1 1 96 4 100

Countries Russian Fed. Algeria Iran Ukrain Serbia Qatar Uzbekhistan Netherlands Germany Romain Total 10 Countries Others Total

USD Million 5 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 20 12 32

Table 17: Plastics Extrusion Machines Imports & Exports by Countries – 2016/11 Source: TurkStat

% - Share 15 10 8 6 5 5 4 3 3 3 62 38 100

3.4.

SUPPLY & DEMAND BALANCE IN BLOW MOLDING MACHINES

In the January - November period of 2016, production of plastic blowing machines amounted to around 1 million dollars and imports amounted to 20 million dollars. Since negligible exports have been realised, domestic sales and foreign trade deficit amounted to USD 21 million. 97 % of domestic sales were covered by imports and the import coverage ratio of exports realised as 2 %.

Production Imports Exports Domestic Sales Foreign Trade Deficit Importst / Domestic Sales (%) Exports /Imports (%)

2015

2016/11

2016/E

1 17 1 18 -17 95 3

1 20 21 -20 97 2

1 22 23 -22 97 2

% Increase (E) (2016/2015) -33 26 -33 23 28

Table 18: Supply & Demand Balance in Blow Molding Machines (USD Million) Source: TurkStat

At the end of 2016, in plastics blowing machines industry; production is expected to be 1 million dollars, imports 22 million dollars, domestic sales (blow molding machines investment of the plastic industry) 23 million dollars and foreign trade deficit 22 million dollars.

In January - November period of 2016, plastic blowing machines were imported only from 10 countries. Italy, France and India received 65 % of total imports.

Italy France India Germany China Japan Taiwan Austria USA Kazakhistan

USD Million

$- %

7.0 3.4 2.6 2.2 1.9 1.3 1.1 0.4 0.2 0.1

35 17 13 11 9 6 5 2 1 0

Table 19: Plastics Blow Molding Machines Imports by Countries – 2016/11 Source: TurkStat

In this period, Turkey exported blow molding machines only to 8 countries and 26 % of total exports realized to Azerbaijan.

USD Million

$- %

Azerbaijan

90

26

Egypt

54

15

Turkmenistan

48

14

Morocco

36

10

Uzbekhistan

36

10

Algeria

34

10

Lebanon

32

9

Syria

20

6

Total

350

100

Table 20: Plastics Blow Molding Machines Exports by Countries – 2016/11 Source: TurkStat

3.5.

SUPPLY & DEMAND BALANCE IN THERMOFORM MACHINES

USD 43 million of production, USD 14 million of imports, USD 17 million of exports and USD 40 million of domestic market sales (thermoform machines investment of plastics industry) were realized in the January - November period of 2016. Foreign trade deficit of thermoform machines realized around USD 3 million in this period.

It can be observed that the 36 % of the domestic sales (thermoform machines investment of the industry) was provided by imports and import covarage ratio of exports 121 % in the same period.

Production Imports Exports Domestic Sales Foreign Trade Deficit Importst / Domestic Sales (%) Exports /Imports (%)

2015

2016/11

2016/E

30 9 12 28 3 34 129

43 14 17 40 3 36 121

46 15 19 43 3 36 121

% Increase (E) (2016/2015) 53 63 53 56 17

Table 21: Demand Balance in Thermoform Machines (USD Million) Source: TurkStat

At the end of 2016, in the plastics thermoforming machines industry; production is expected to be 46 million dolars, imports 15 million dolars, exports 19 million dolars, domestic sales (thermoform machinery investment of plastics industry) 43 million dolars and 3 million dollars of foreign trade deficit.

In the January - November period of 2016, thermoforming machines were imported only from 10 countries. China, Germany and Taiwan as the main import partners received 69 % share in total imports on value basis.

In the same period, 63 of total exports of thermoforming machines were realised to 10 countries while Republic of South Africa, UAE received 23 % of total exports.

Countries China Germany Taiwan Italy USA Hungary Sweetzerland U.K. S. Korea Spain 10 Countries Total Others Total

Imports USD Million 3.5 3.4 2.8 1.5 1.3 0.7 0.5 0.2 0.1 0 14.1 0 14.1

Exports % - Share 25 24 20 10 9 5 4 1 1 0 100 0 100

Countries Rep. of S. Africa UAE S. Arabia Indonesia Lebanon Egypt Ukrain El Salvador Tayland Bulgaria 10 Countries Total Others Total

USD Million 2.1 1.9 1.4 1.2 1.1 0.8 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.5 10.7 6.3 17

% - Share 12 11 8 7 7 5 4 3 3 3 63 37 100

Table 22: Exports and Imports of Thermoform Machines by Countries 2016/11 Source: TurkStat

3.6.

SUPPLY & DEMAND BALANCE IN PRESSES AND OTHER MACHINES

In the January - November period of 2016, 138 million dollars of production, 190 million dollars of imports, 55 million dollars of exports and 272 million dollars of domestic sales were realized in presses and other machines industry. The foreign trade deficit in the presses and other machines realised as 135 million dollars.

In the January - November period of 2016, 70 % of the domestic sales of presses and other machines (pressed and other machines investments of plastics industry) were met by imports and the import coverage ratio of exports was 29 %.

Production Imports Exports Domestic Sales Foreign Trade Deficit Importst / Domestic Sales ( % ) Exports /Imports ( % )

2015

2016/11

2016/E

162 204 65 302 -140 68 32

138 190 55 272 -135 70 29

150 207 60 297 -147 70 29

% Increase (E) (2016/2015) -7 1 -7 -2 5

Table 23: Supply & Demand Balance in Presses and Other Machines (USD Million) Source: TurkStat

At the end of 2016, in presses and other machines industry; Production is expected to reach 150 million dollars, imports 207 million dollars, exports 60 million dollars and domestic sales

(presses and other machinery investment of plastics industry) 297 million dollars and foreign trade deficit to 147 million dollars.

Imports from 10 countries in the January - November period of 2016 accounted for 90 % of the total on value basis and Italy, Germany and China received 64 % of total imports.

In the same period, 40 % of the total press exports were realised to 10 countries. Iran, USA and Netherlands, as the main export markets, shared 21 % of total exports.

Countries Italy Germany China Japan Taiwan U.K. Sweetzerland Austria USA S.Korea 10 Countries Total Others Total

Imports USD Million 55 33 30 12 9 9 6 5 4 4 167 18 184

Exports % - Share 30 18 16 7 5 5 3 3 2 2 90 10 100

Countries Iran USA Netherlands Algeria Bulgaria India Israel Russian Fed. Azerbaijan S. Arabia 10 Countries Total Others Total

USD Million 4 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 21 31 51

% - Share 8 6 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 40 60 100

Table 24: Presses and Other Machines Imports & Exports by Countries – 2016/11 Source: TurkStat

3.7.

SUPPLY & DEMAND BALANCE IN PARTS & COMPONENTS

In the January - November period of 2016, 137 million dollars production, 36 million dollars imports, 17 million dollars exports and 156 million dollar domestic market sales were realized in plastics processing machines parts and components inustry. In this period, foreign trade deficit realised as 19 million dollars.

In this period, 23 % of domestic sales (parts and componets investments of plastics industry) were covered by imports and the import coverage ratio of exports realised as 47 %.

Production Imports Exports Domestic Sales Foreign Trade Deficit Importst / Domestic Sales ( % ) Exports /Imports ( % )

2015

2016/11

2016/E

123 42 15 150 -27 28 36

137 36 17 156 -19 23 47

150 40 19 170 -21 23 47

Table 25: Supply & Demand Balance in Parts and Components (USD Million) Source: TurkStat

% Increase (E) (2016/2015) 22 -7 22 14 -23

At the end of 2016, in parts and components industry; production is expected to reach to 150 million dollars, imports to 40 million dolars, exports to 19 million dolars, domestic sales (parts and accessories investment of plastics industry) to 170 million dolars and foreign trade deficit to 21 million dollars.

In the January - November period of 2016, 10 countries constituted 94 % of the total imports on amount and 91 % on value basis. Germany, China and Italy received 59 % of total imports.

In the same period, 61 % of total exports of parts and components realised to 10 export markets on value basis. Germany, Iran, and Bulgaria as main export markets received 41 % of total exports.

Imports

Germany

1000 Tons 222

China Italy

Countries

USD Million

Exports Ton - %

$-%

Countries

1000 Tons 405

USD Million

Ton - %

$-%

3.8

21.6

18

11

19

26

Germany

594

7

50

17

Iran

62

3.5

3.3

16.5

107

7

9

16

Bulgaria

193

1.3

10.3

6.1

Japan

37

3

3

7

Macedonia

12

1

0.6

4.7

USA

17

2

1

6

Romain

43

0.8

2,3

3.6

France

15

2

1

5

Russian Fed.

26

0.7

1.4

3.5

Sweetzerland

11

2

1

4

USA

54

0.5

2.9

2.2

Taiwan

75

1

6

3

Kazakhistan

21

0.4

1.1

2.1

Austria

23

1

2

3

Sweetzerland

15

0.4

0.8

2

Netherlands

13

1

1

3

S. Arabia

62

0.4

3.3

1.9

1.114

38

94

91

Total 10 Countries

894

12.7

47.6

60.5

Others

985

8.3

52.4

39.5

Total

1.879

21

100

100

Total 10 Countries Others Total

73

4

6

9

1.186

42

100

100

Table 26: Parts and Components Imports & Exports by Countries – 2016/11 Source: TurkStat

4. CONCLUSION 4.1.

MAIN PROBLEMS OF PLASTICS PROCESSING MACHINERY INDUSTRY

General problems in the machinery manufacturing industry can also be applied to the plastics processing machines industry. In addition to these general problems, the absence of any national strategy and enough protection for domestic manufacturers of machine industry are the major problems faced in the plastics processing machines.

Turkey, as for plastic processing machinery has a very serious investing plastics industry.

Thus, Turkey is one of the world's most important market in this area. But 80 % of the market is dominated by imported machines.

Turkey is a net importer in the plastics processing machines trade and machines exported are far from providing high added value when compared their unit prices.

The developments in the plastics processing machines and their accessories and parts industry, despite significantly developing the plastics industry and the propensity to invest following the similar pattern, is under constant pressure of the cheap imports conducted in China. Imports receives a higher margin in sharing the increasing demand.

The lack of a state strategy for the plastics processing machinery sector, adequate protection of domestic producers and provide competitive advantages of plastics products manufacturer, they choose the second-hand imports of machinery.

The most important problems encountered in Turkey include plastics processing machinery sector; There is not a certain vision of the sector.

Horizontal and vertical cooperation before competition between firms is not available.

R&D, P&D, industrial design and product development efforts are insufficient in the industry.

Patents and trademark investments are not enough in the industry.

Industry’s international technical compliance is insufficient.

Equity capital and working capital of the companies are inadequate.

Energy costs are high.

The industry needs for the marketing customer relationship management.

Despite the developments in the plastics processing machinery and their accessories and parts sector, the growth of the plastics industry to a large extent and the trend towards investment trends, the sector is especially under the cheap import pressure made by China, Far East countries. Imports share more than domestic production in demand increases.

Turkey is a net importer of plastics processing machinery and their parts and componets and imports expensive machines while exporting with relatively lower added value machines.

4.2.

PROPOSED STRATEGIES

Machinery including plastics processing machinery is the basic sector that produces investment goods and has a special and important place in the manufacturing industry. It covers the entire sub-sectors called "engineering industries" where machine and spare parts are manufactured. It is an industry that is given priority in all developed countries and is defined as the priority sector. The locomotive role of machinery industry in which engineering and research are intensive and indispensable can be summarised as:

The manufacturing industry has entered into and supplying inputs for almost all sectors, Driving force of the industry, Mobilization of the engineering discipline and Determination of development speed and production compositions according to new needs and demands.

Vision of Machine Manufacturing Industry in Strategy Document prepared for Machine Manufacturing Industry; it is described as "Turkey's being the technology production base in the machinery sector". The main objective in achieving this vision is to develop the machinery industry and to ensure that high-tech products are manufactured.

The principle strategies for Turkish plastics processing machines industry to produce and export machines with higher added value could be as listed below: It is seen that the export markets of the top ten plastics processing machinery exports of Turkey are countries with a share of 15 % in total imports of plastic processing machines in the world. In order for Turkey to increase exports of plastic processing machinery, it is necessary to increase its promotional activities to other countries that have an 85 % share of the world plastics processing machinery imports.

Turkey can establish the necessary incentive infrastructure to invest in global machinery producers in Turkey by using the experience of machinery production with cheap and grown manpower. In addition to that incentives can be provided for the investment of plastic processing machines in Turkey by global players.

Despite the fact that the number of plastic processing machines operating in all European countries is around 3000-3500, the presence of 600 machine manufacturers in Turkey causes the turnover and profitability per company to be at a low level. Today 's production of value - added machines requires very large R&D spending. A large number of domestic machinery producers, all at the SME level, have difficulties in accessing technological level at the level of the machinery of the westeren companies by making R&D expenditures on these scales individually as the reason for the inadequacy of existing financial power.

For this reason, instead of production machines in Turkey, parts and components of these machines should be produced at the desired quality level so that the global players of the sector enter the parts procurement system of Turkey. Turkey should be regarded as one of the important production and export center for the parts and accessories of plastic processing machines.

In order for the Turkish plastic processing machinery sector to produce and export more value-added machines, the main strategies are as described in the Machinery Sector Export Strategy Document. General Purpose; "Improvement of Machinery Industry and Ensure the Manufacture of High-Tech Products". The main objectives that should be adopted in the industry are: To increase competitive production opportunities in the global markets by enhancing the technological level of the industry.

To turn the traditional machine product structure of the industry into a structure in which machines with higher added value are manufactured and to increase the manufacture and added value of the industry by pulling away the foreign capital investments.

To establish large scaled injection and extrusion machines producers in the industry which will create a brand in the global markets and to organize the other companies as subsidiary industry companies which manufacture accessories and parts for the said companies and global machine manufacturers, To increase the productivity of the industry and to develop and to spread the aggregation activities in order to establish synergy.

To establish the training infrastructure of the industry in order to meet the need for trained intermediate staff.

To increase the support provided for industry oriented R&D, Product Development and innovation, Informal production and unfair competition must be prevented.

Apart from the growth rate of the plastics industry, the positive / negative developments in the foreign markets will also have a direct effect on the plastics processing machines industry.

On the aforementioned matter, it should assign tasks to industrial unions outside of government agencies on matters such as searching for potential foreign markets and expansion of companies to such markets. Branches should be established and road show and bilateral meetings should be organized in potential foreign markets by industrial unions with the intention of advertisement and marketing.

While companies which make sizable factory investments can purchase machines of 5 year term with various and advantageous credits, our country is left with single machine orders with low prices. As there are no discounts made due to the size of the order, these orders are lost to countries such as China – Taiwan. A credit system similar to Hermes in Germany must be established in Turkey and Exim Bank credits must be turned into resources to which machine manufacturing SMEs can easily access in order to develop the exports of machines. Credit must be provided to small and medium sized enterprises abroad by Exim bank and these enterprises should be encouraged to import from Turkey.

Rate and term guarantees should be provided to exporters in long term export sales.

The plastics processing machines industry must produce machines with higher added value and competition level in global markets. However, there are a great number of plastics processing machine and accessories and parts manufacturers in Turkey and the production capacity and capacity output per company are very low, below the economic scales. For that reason, inter-enterprise mergers or strategical cooperation concerning R&D (common R&D centers) must be established in order for the small companies to achieve the power to conduct R&D. Turkey can set up the necessary incentive substructure for global machine manufacturers to invest in Turkey by using its cheap and qualified manpower and experience in machine manufacturing and special incentives can be provided to the global players for their investments on plastics processing machines in Turkey. Turkey could be turned into a production and exports base for at least some of the plastics processing machines with the incentive substructure which is to be applied in the said manner.

In this day and age the manufacturing of machines which provide added value requires great R&D expenditures. It is difficult for the domestic machine manufacturers, all of which are at SME level, to make such R&D expenditures and reach the technological level used by the Western countries in manufacturing due to their financial in capabilities. For that reason, rather than main machine production in Turkey, the manufacture of accessory and parts of these machines at the required quality level and entering into supply system of the global players of our industry and Turkey becoming the manufacture and exports base for plastics processing machine accessories and parts could be the second strategy to pursue.

Passing on the legal regulations and structural measures to provide a transformation to high "Added Value" and "Trademark Value machine industry.

To provide sustainable financial solutions for the sector in order to achieve sustainable growth at home and abroad and to take advantage of economies of scale.

Provide sustainable, competent, high-performance, technology-focused, human resources at all levels of learning and change.

To make an effective promotion both in Turkey and abroad and in order to increase exports, giving priority to the quality, trust and technology elements of the Turkish Machine Industry.

To give emphises on R&D and innovation in order to be able to produce high valueadded products that can compete globally.

Prevention of unregistered production and unfair competition, Opening offices in potential foreign markets for promotion and marketing, organizing road shows and bilateral meetings.

The introduction of exporter and maturity guarantee in long term export sales, Preventing the penetration of the machinery which does not meet the EU standards in Turkey,

Adequate level of market surveillance and supervision activities, ensuring uncompromising standardization controls.